Tongji University, referred to as "Tongji" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the State Oceanic Administration and Shanghai. It is a famous institution of higher learning in China with a long history and a high reputation. Directly managed by the central government, the national "world-class university construction university", the national "2 1 1 project" and
Selected into the national "Everest Plan", "20 1 1 Plan", "1/Plan", excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent legal talent education and training plan, excellent doctor education and training plan, national college students' innovative experiment plan, national postgraduate plan for building high-level universities, and China government scholarship for overseas students.
National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Plan, National Demonstration Base for Innovative Talents Training, New Engineering Research and Practice Project, National Demonstration University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, China-US "10+ 10" Plan, independent auditing unit for degree authorization, and chairman unit of University Cooperation Alliance for Global Environment and Sustainable Development of United Nations Environment Programme.
Member of International Union of Design and Art Colleges, 2 1 Century Academic Union, Union of Universities of Excellence, Sino-Russian Union of Engineering Universities, China-Europe Engineering Education Platform, International Green Campus Alliance and Tongji-Berkeley Engineering Alliance.
Tongji University was formerly the German Medical College founded by German doctor paulun erich in 1907. The following year, it was renamed Tongji Devon yiguang; 19 12 merged with the newly established Tongji German Engineering School and changed its name to Tongji German Medical Engineering School;
Tongji University was officially named1923; 1927 National Tongji University, one of the seven earliest national universities in China.
As of 20 19, 1 1, the school has 29 professional colleges and 8 affiliated hospitals. The four campuses cover an area of 38 10 mu, with a total construction area of 18 1000 square meters. Full-time undergraduate students1815, graduate students 1265438, doctoral students 5766. There are also 3575 international students.